Town of Brooksville v. Florida Telephone Co.

Citations

• 81 Fla. 436
• 88 So. 307

Syllabus

<p>1. By Chapter 6525, Acts of 1913, power is given the Railroad Commission to regulate rates, tolls, contracts and charges of telephone companies doing business in this State. '</p> <p>2. The business of a telephone company as usually conducted is so affected by public interest as to permit its reasonable regulation by public authority.</p> <p>3. Rates or tolls to be charged by a public service corporation for services rendered, fixed by a municipality by ordinance as an incident to the granting of a franchise to it by such municipality, are subject to legislative control.</p>